Neil Young transcended between harsh, noisy, dissonant, cathartic and tragic, introvertic kind of a music, and thus achieved a synthesis which was proved to be very influential, he has also been nicknamed a godfather of grunge, see "Hey, Hey, My, My (Into the Black)", and his influence on Dinosaur Jr. (who in turn influenced Nirvana, but Nirvana was also influenced by Young, not that Nirvana was more important than Dinosaur Jr., though) is very visible, one more notable band influenced by Neil Young is Built to Spill, who took this approach to music and turned it into a post-rock.Salt_The_Fries
Well there we go, took the words right out of my mouth. He also invited Sonic Youth to be his opening act in 1991, so he gets lots of bonus points from me :P[QUOTE="Salt_The_Fries"]
Two completely opposite approaches to the music, but Neil Young is more influential than Motorhead will ever be, Motorhead is just another brick in the wall, hardly unique band (even if it's very entertaining), blah blah blahXanderKage
You are kidding, right? Motorhead influenced almost every other metal and rock band, and they almost single handedly set the foundation for punk music. Theur are one of the most influentian bands in the world.
It's surprising that you're taking punk as an example of Motorhead's influence, because if Wikipedia is to be believed, they formed in 1975 and released their first album in 1977. If they "set the foundation for punk music", as you're saying, wouldn't it make sense that they'd actually pre-date punk's biggest moments (1975-1980)?
I'll give you that, I don't like Motorhead. But even if we set that aside for a moment, if you're looking for a band who "single handedly set the foundation for punk music", I believe you should be looking before punk music. Good examples would be the Stooges, Suicide, MC5 or the New York Dolls. Or, you know, Neil Young ;)
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